Saturday Market

Our Saturday Market vendors are diverse, bringing their many talents to the market each week.

Frank English is what I like to call a Wood Artist. He takes Thetis Island sourced wood and creates pens, mechanical pencils, sketch pencils and other assorted items into wonderful gift ideas for someone special,a memento of your stay on Thetis Island or perhaps a personal treat.

Pat English is an amazing artist when it comes to her unique handmade children's clothing. She uses only top quality European fabrics in sizes infant to eight years old.

Custom made orders can be arranged.  

Dancing Dragonfly artist Carol Swann offers handmade soaps crafted with essential oils. Essential oils blends for sprays, healing salves and insect repellents are all made using organic Thetis Island grown ingredients.

Also by Dancing Dragonfly is an assortment of Dichroic Fused Glass Jewellery and other jewellery fun finds.

 For your garden, teacup succulents and hand painted banners are also available. 

We are open 10-2pm at Marylyn's Farm Stand (69 Pilkey Point Road) 

Grab a coffee and a treat and come meet our artisans.

Gloria and Helen 

Thetis Island Family Fun Day

Hello again Islanders!  

The Thetis Island Family Fun Day is happening this Saturday August 6th, from 11:00 to 2:30 at Forbes Hall and the school playground.  

11:30 - 12:30 - Kids races and challenges (adults welcome to join in!)
12:30 - 1:30 - BBQ
1:30 - 2:30 - Carnival games

The BBQ cost is $10 and includes burger, drink, pop corn, and an ice cream sandwich.

A Thetis Island version of the classic Dunk Tank will be at a cost of $2 for three attempts.  Bring your loonies and toonies and step right up to soak your friends, or enemies…???

All other games are free! Donations to the Thetis Island Community Fund are welcome.

Hope to see you there!

Thetis Island Community Fund Board and Family Fun Day Volunteers

FoodSafe Level 1 Course - Sept. 17th - Forbes Hall

FoodSafe Level 1 is a must for anyone working in food services including volunteers and those in caregiving capacities. Topics covered include foodborne illness, receiving and storing food, preparing food, serving food, cleaning and sanitizing.

Instruction:
Grade A Learning

Sponsorship:
The Thetis Island Community Fund will be sponsoring this class for Thetis Islanders.  The class will be offered to a maximum of 30 students. 

Participation:

A.    Priority: Forbes Hall Food and Event Services Volunteers who work in the Beverage Station or Main Kitchen or volunteer for Soup’s On in any capacity, as these volunteers are required to have FoodSafe Level 1 by the Forbes Hall Food and Event Services Committee. Volunteers of these groups who were FoodSafe Level 1 certified prior to the closing of Forbes Hall in 2019 now need to be re-certified. 
 

B.    Next, the course will be offered to seniors (65 + over), followed by those who are caregivers in their own home (including parents and caregivers of babies and young children) and those who prepare meals for health compromised friends or neighbours.

C.     Following seniors and caregivers, it will be offered to those who require it for employment.

D.    Lastly, it will be available to members of the general public.

Attendance:
Prebook your spot to allow for the ordering of supplies.
Reply by August 19th, 2022 to events@forbeshall.ca, with the following information:

·      your name,
·      phone number
·      the prioritized category that applies to you

Confirmation:
You will be notified of acceptance in the class after August 26th.   

A waitlist will be held in case of cancellations.

If for any reason you need to cancel, please contact Ann Dickie @ dickie.ann@gmail.com or 250-246-4079 immediately, as there may be others on the waitlist. 

FoodSafe is a great program designed to instruct participants in keeping the community healthy.  We look forward to a full class in September.

Ann Dickie
Forbes Hall Food and Event Services Committee   

Book & Bake Sale: Many Thanks

This year’s book and bake sale was another successful fundraiser for our lovely library.

20! Volunteers set out the books.   10! Volunteers sold books, beverages and baking.  I sure could not do this event without my dedicated volunteers.  As always, thank you, thank you.

Of course it couldn’t happen without the generous donations of books and baking.
And the generosity of the buyers.  Total raised was $1416.75. 

I think the event was even more fun this year with a bbq lunch and Thetis Island merchandise for sale.

Your tired but happy librarian,
Celine

Yard Sale at the Redman's

Our grandchildren made 43.50 for lemonade and cookies.  

We made 110.50 on the other sales.  

So we will be donating $77.00 to Cancer research for children. 

Thanks to everyone who came to our yard sale. 

Genny and Ken Redman 

Forbes Hall: Missing Key

The Hall’s Courtside Entrance key went missing sometime during the Book and Bake Sale on Saturday.

The lock box was closed after the door was unlocked first thing which was confirmed by others, and when we went to lock up the hall at the end of the event it was open with the key missing.

We have asked several people who might have opened it not knowing the door was already unlocked, but none of them have it.  

Hopefully this posting might trigger an Oops! moment for someone…

Thanks

Ann Dickie

Forbes Hall

Spray Patching

Thursday Aug 4th there will be a truck doing spray patching on our island, he could be anywhere, please look out for him and pass slowly and safely, there will be some loose gravel around where he has been, it should be cleaned up early next week!

Emcon Joe

Forbes Hall Community Centre Calendar: August 2022

Click on calendar to view full size.

ThINC Nature House - Wednesday, August 3

9:00 am start: Wednesday Wander at North Cove Beach (meet at the end of North Cove Road) (all ages)

We are back at North Cove Beach for another mini wander! We will walk along the shore identifying birds, plants, and marine species. What we count will be recorded on eBird and iNaturalist. Come spend some time at the beach exploring nature.

2:00 - 4:00pm: Tea Time at the PAG!, Lot 62, North Cove Road (all ages)

We will explore the many incredible medicinal plants of the People’s Apothecary Garden and use some of them to create beautiful blends of tea!

Yoga with Karen - 9am, Today @ Forbes Hall

Happy to say back to teaching, hooray!  All classes are by donation for the Hall, all are welcome!

love

Karen

kareneroff@gmail.com

K nip K nop

Ping pong, we're back, every Tuesday evening at 7 pm at the Community Hall.

Take care
Mary Forbes 

Missing Cat

Missing since yesterday from Lot 448 (Lakeview Road near Cufra inlet)

Theo Monk is a large ginger/buff neutered short hair cat with an extra-long tail and a high squeaky meow. 
3 years old, loves to climb and jump - might be stuck up a tree?

Besides Lakeview/Kenwood area might have climbed the ridge. Anywhere from Lot 145 on out to Pilkey Point seems possible.
If you're out on the inlet, he might be down along the eastern shoreline too.
Likely to run from strangers - but you might see the tip of that tail or hear his squeaky voice.
Grateful for any leads!

thanks,
Mary & Dennis

250-416-9528 (text or call)
thetis@goclenius.net